Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Francisco Morazán Department, Honduras

mindat Locality ID: 126669
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-126669.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Francisco Morazán Department, Honduras": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Distrito Central

Latitude: 14°5'44"N
Longitude: 87°5'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 14.095555555556,-87.093611111111

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Acanthite	Baryte	Copper	Mandarinoite	None	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt
Sphalerite

Acanthite ()*	Baryte ()*	Emmonsite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Mandarinoite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Poughite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*
Tellurium ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Au Ba Cu Fe H Mn O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Baryte Copper Mandarinoite None Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt
Sphalerite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2	64810,64813	2793
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	64812	11547
Emmonsite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Te⁴⁺O₃)₃·2H₂O	1	64812	34
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	64813	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	64813	30554
Mandarinoite ()*	Mandarinoite	Fe³⁺₂(Se⁴⁺O₃)₃·6H₂O	1	64812	14
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	64814	716
Poughite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Te⁴⁺O₃)₂(SO₄)·3H₂O	1	64812	12
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	64813	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	64813	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	64812,64813	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	64813	969
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	64813	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	64813	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	2	64813,64814	586
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	1	64812	190

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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